Bublé, Michael ( born Sept. September 9, 1975 , Burnaby, B.C., Can.Canadian singer who scored hits on the pop music charts British Columbia, CanadaCanadian singer who found fame in the early 21st century with a combination of reworked swing-era classics and original ballads.

As a child, Bublé enjoyed a particularly close relationship with his grandfather, who introduced him to the crooners of the 1930s and ’40s. He began performing in his teens, with the assistance of his grandfather, who bartered his services as a plumber to buy stage time for Bublé. His break came in 2000 when he sang at the wedding of the daughter of former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney, who introduced him to the Grammy Award-winning producer and arranger David Foster. Foster signed him to his 143 Records label in 2001, and two years later Bublé released his first album, Michael Bublé. It earned him the 2004 Canada’s Juno Award in 2004 for new artist of the year. His first Christmas album, Let It Snow! (2003), was followed by two live CD/DVDs, Come Fly with Me (2004) and Caught in the Act (2005).

Bublé’s breakthrough album, It’s Time (2005), was named both album and pop album of the year at Canada’s the 2006 Juno Awards. Alongside standards by the Gershwins George and Ira Gershwin and Cole Porter and pop tunes from the 1950s and ’60s, it included a single cowritten by Bublé, Home, which was awarded the Juno for single of the year. It’s Time topped the charts in Canada, Australia, Italy, and Japan Spain and sold strongly in Britain and the United States, where it received two Grammy nominations. His 2007 release, Call Me Irresponsible, earned Bublé a his first Grammy Award, for best traditional pop vocal album, and its success pushed his lifetime album sales over the 15 million mark. Bublé collected a second Grammy for the live album Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden (2009) . He followed with and a third for the studio release Crazy Love (2009). For the latter album, Bublé, following the winning formula of Call Me Irresponsible, featured a pair of original compositions—including the hit single Haven’t Met You Yet—within a collection of pop standards that won the Grammy for best traditional pop vocal album in 2011and rock standards. In 2011 he released another holiday-themed album, Christmas.